Apron.



E. L. HENDERSUII APRON.

APPLIOATION rxLnn un, 1l 1909.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

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EDWIN L. HENDERSON, OF NORWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE KEMPER-THOINTASCOMPANY. 'OF NORWOOD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

APRON.

To all wlan/i it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EnwrN L. Hnnnnasor, a citizen of the United States,residing in Norwood, county of Ilamilton, and State oi Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Aprons, of which the totlowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had iothe accompanyingr drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an apron for use by employeesin factories and the like, which may be manufactured readily in largequantities, and at very slight cost, and in which there shall be verylittle waste of material, and the invention consists of a rectangularbody portion of suitable cloth material in which diagonal portions arecut from the upper corners of the body of the apron and a singlecontinuons strip is made use of to form the tic strings around thewaist, and for the support around the neck, which strip is also used asa binding for the edges of the diagonal edges of the upper body portionoi2 the apron.

In the drawings Figure l is a plan view of the apron ready for use. Fig.2 is a detail cross section of one diagonalD edge taken on the lines 2 2of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the portion shown in Fig. 2, withthe binding strip opened out.

1 is the body of the apron of suitable cloth material and cut of propersize. The upper corners of the cloth are cut away on diagonal lines toallow for the arms of the wearer.

2 is the binding and tie strip made in a single continuous piece to forma binding 3 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application flied March 1, 1909.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

Serial No. 480,546v

for the diagonal edges on each side, :for the tie strings 4, 4, for thewaist and for the neck support 5.

A strip of cloth of proper width and of a length suilicient for thispurpose is folded lengthwise, and the edges of the strip folded in at G,(i. rllhe diagonal edges of the apron body are then inserted between thefolds, leavinusuiiicient length at each end .for the tie strings Ll, 1,and for the neck support 5. and then two lines of stitches T, i are runthe entire length of the strip to bind in the apron edges and to fornithe tie and neck bands and the apron is ready for use. In this way a.very inexpensive and serviceable apron is produced which can bemanufactured rapidly and in large quantities. The tie and binding stripsare previously folded in a continuous length, and the apron bodies areont in quantities, so that to manufacture the apron complete a singleoperation of inserting the diagonal edges and ruiming the stitches isall that is required.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

In an apron, the combination with the body piece, having the uppercorners diagonally out away, of a` continuous binding strip for thediagonal edges of the body piece, with an intermediate portion to fornia neck support and free ends to form tie strips for the waist.

EDWIN L. IIENDER SON.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR I-I. EwALn, Bassin A. BnALL.

